Rocket Football program to have new home

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Jul 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM

By Don Reid

dwreid@aol.comCOLDWATER — Heavy equipment took down a berm along side Northshore Drive Wednesday to open up the old Federal Mogul property for construction of Rocket football fields for the fall.Construction of the new Robert Browne Aquatic Center north of Legg Middle School will use the land currently used by the non-profit group for its program.Coldwater City Manager Jeff Budd said the construction bids have been sent out for the aquatic and recreation center."Final bids are due back the 15th for the aquatic center and 17th for the recreation center. Post bid interviews will be held the fourth week of July. The hope is final bids will be awarded the last week of July. This may require a special meeting of the City Council that week," Budd warned.Construction would then begin before fall. Budd said Rocket football would help offset the cost of moving the fields. The city already has brought in compost to fill in the area where the former Federal Mogul factory was condemned and demolished by the city in 2003.